-philia, -phil

Term: -philia, -phil

Origin: Anc Greek

φιλία/philia(=philia, combining form for “affection”, “friendship” or “mutual love”.

>φιλέω/phileo(verb that means  “love”, “kiss”, “have tenderness for”)

>πίλναμαι/pilnamai(=contact, approach)

Coined/History

The first meaning of “philia” in ancient period was “fraternal love”. Philia in Aristotele’s Nicomachean Ethics is translates usulaly as “friendship”.

Opposite: φοβία/phobia=aversion, avoidance, irrational fear for

Definition:

-philia(=combining form meaning the state of “friendship”, “tendency to”, “attraction”, “affinity for”.

-phile (=is the subgect, person or substance having the “tendency to”, “attraction”, “affinity for”.

Examples of words in which “philia” is comping form

Hemophilia/eamophil (tendency to blood),

Eosinophilia/eosinophil (affinity to eosin)

Zoophilia/zoophil (sexual attraction to animals)

Hydrophilia/Hydrophil (tendency to be dissolved to water)

Lipohilia/lipophil (having an affinity for dissolving in lipids)